Teenager’s post-mortem to take place

The post-mortem is to take place this morning on a teenager who died after taking a substance at a music festival in Cork.

Jack Downey from Clonmel in Tipperary died on Monday in Cork University Hospital (CUH) after taking a substance while attending the Indiependence Festival in Mitchelstown on Friday.

The 19 year old was taken by ambulance to CUH after complaining of feeling ill and presenting to the festival’s medical staff.

The hospital posted on social media confirming there had been a patient admitted with a “severe illness” from the festival. The festival’s organisers issued an alert saying there may be a “bad batch of something” on the campsite, and warned people not to take anything they were unsure about.

Mr Downey was a former student at CBS High School in Clonmel, and had recently completed first year at CIT.

Several hundred people attended a vigil for thee teenager on Monday night organised by his local GAA club Clonmel Óg, who said their “worst fears had been realised” on learning of his death.

The results of today’s post-mortem are likely to further determine the course of the gardaí’s investigation into Mr Downey’s death.

The organisers of Indiependence, which saw 15,000 people attend at the weekend, issued a statement on Monday evening saying their “immediate thoughts and those of all the festival-goers are with the family, relatives and friends of the deceased at their very sad loss”.